N5.2bn REA scam : Ugbane loses bid to quash charges

ABUJAâ€”An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Abimbola Banjoko, on Tuesday threw out an application by Senator Nicholas Ugbane, erstwhile chairman of theÂ Senate Committee on Power, seeking to quash the N5.2 billion corruption charges against him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, had on May 14, arraigned Ugbane, who is the third accused along withÂ Ndudi Elumelu, Paulinus Igwe, Mohammed Jibo, members of the House of Representatives.